Serenity Now?

October 1, 2005

The long awaited (by nerds) big screen version of “Firefly” is pretty much that. They do make the western allegory a little less literal, but for the most part there isn’t much different from the show, and I don’t see it converting a lot of fans.

All that aside, it is witty and smart and touching and all the things that big screen versions of anything aren’t anymore. That was a poorly constructed sentence, but who cares. When the middle section sags there’s still lots of funny to go around, and the characters’ extreme likability is what really kept the series going as long as it did. For those completely unfamiliar, imagine Star Wars if it was about Han Solo’s smuggling days instead of boring-ass Luke Skywalker. Also imagine if it was well written. Hah, sorry. Poking at George Lucas never gets old, really.

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